School Administrator
24 days ago
Blackpool
Are you an organised School Administrator with hands-on experience in SIMS, Arbor, or Bromcom? \n Welcoming primary schools across Blackpool are hiring dedicated School Office & SIMS/Arbor Administrators to manage busy front-of-house operations and pupil data management starting this September 2026. \n If you have previous school office experience or a strong administrative background in education, local authority, or healthcare data management, this role offers a stable, term-time-only schedule at the heart of the school community. \n Key Responsibilities: \n\n • \n School MIS & Data Management: Maintain and update student records, admissions, attendance marks, and census data using SIMS, Arbor, or Bromcom. \n • \n Front-of-House Reception: Act as the welcoming first point of contact for parents, visitors, contractors, and local authority representatives. \n • \n Attendance Administration: Run daily first-day contact registers, log student absences, and produce weekly persistent absence reports for pastoral leads. \n • \n School Communications: Draft and distribute parent newsletters, emails, text alerts, and consent forms via ParentPay / Schoolcomms / Arbor. \n • \n General Administrative Support: Handle incoming calls, post, filing, basic reprographics, and lunch money/trips administration. \n\n Candidate Requirements: \n\n • \n System Experience: Working knowledge of school Management Information Systems (SIMS, Arbor, Bromcom, or ScholarPack). \n • \n Communication: Professional, polite, and confident telephone manner with strong customer service skills. \n • \n Efficiency: High level of literacy, numeracy, and IT proficiency (MS Office / Google Workspace). \n • \n Safeguarding Awareness: Understanding of school visitor protocols and data protection regulations (GDPR). \n • \n Compliance: Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service (or willingness to process one prior to September). \n\n Why Apply for This Role? \n\n • \n Term-Time Only Schedule: Enjoy regular 37-hour daytime weekday hours with all 13 weeks of school holidays off. \n • \n Central School Community: Be the operational hub of a supportive primary or secondary school. \n • \n Competitive PAYE Rates: Transparent weekly pay with full statutory holiday entitlement included. \n\n Step into a rewarding school administration role in Blackpool this September. \n Apply online today